Re: Beam positions and time signature spacing

[Peter Bjuhr]

I'm sorry, I should have been clearer what she actually measures and not 
just posted the image! I hope you figured it out anyway!

What she measures is the stave-space. So, you can see her scale as a 
staff turned forward 90°. It's a direct relational measure it doesn't 
depend on fontsize or anything.


On 11/09/2013 03:52 PM, Gilberto Agostinho wrote:
> Thanks for this one more scan, Peter.
>
> So have a look on how that compares to LilyPond:
>
> spacing.ly <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n153581/spacing.ly>
> <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n153581/spacing.png>
>
> (I should have created a larger image, but that is too late now. Anyway, it
> is still possible to see the distances on my example above)
>
> The numbers in red are the ones that differ from your scan. Also note that
> the distance between the clefs and the time signatures is way larger in
> LilyPond when compared to her example. This is one what bothers my eye the
> most on all these examples, to be honest.
>
> I think that we should balance these distances, her examples are looking
> much better than the current output of LilyPond IMO.
>
> What do you think?

On a general term, I think LilyPond should adjust to contemporary music 
notation standards where applicable, and as far as I know Goulds book is 
today the most comprehensive account for contemporary standards that we 
have. It's the latest update to use a quasi software engineering phrase.

Best
Peter